Fox breeding and management of the biological
Published on December 21 2012
Foxes in the wild state, can be selected according to their own lives needs Habitat and prey on food, while in captivity, feed and living conditions provided by the people. Suitability of the artificial environment, providing feed whether it can meet its growth needs, feeding and management for better or worse, Fox Fur life activity, growth, reproduction and production of great impact. Therefore, we must be based on growth and development characteristics of Fox, scientific management, can improve the productivity of the Fox.
General habits that, Fox breeding 1.5-2 months to prepare before mating, Fox actually from the end of the breeding female Fox after weaning, the young Fox from late August into the next breeding season ready for mating. Prepare Fox breeding period of physiological characteristics are: winter hair, genital mutilation by the rest transferred to rapid development.
Fox preparing mating breeding tasks as a whole, is required to supply reproductive organ development and for nutrition and supplies nutrients needed during winter. Because the baby Fox also continue to be late growth; adult male Fox during the breeding period and female Fox in farrowing nursing physical exertion is very large, there should be a restorative stages, from late August to early September, male and female sexual organs began development of the Fox, to greet the arrival of the mating. So in preparation for mating is a long-term process. In order to accelerate the physical recovery of Fox, male breeding after the end of such mother Fox Fox 10-15 days after weaning, and dietary nutrient levels to maintain original level. From late August to early September, male and female Fox began development of testis and ovary, dietary nutritional level to increase metabolizable energy of silver-black foxes per 418kj DP 9G; digestible protein metabolizable energy of Arctic foxes per 418kj 8g, and adding vitamin e510mg. Only guarantees these nutritional levels, to make the sex organs from developing normally. Silver-Black Fox beginning in mid-November, Arctic foxes from mid-December had to enter critical stages of preparing mating, feed nutrient levels increasing requirements, 418kj digestible protein metabolizable energy of not less than 10G, per head per day need vitamin e1015mg. This feeding diets do not complete or if an insufficient number of sperm and egg production can lead to the kind of Fox obstacles, and affects the mother Fox pregnancy, childbirth. Take the Fox in this period if malnutrition, poor quality plush, hide small, will also reduce the economic benefits.
Ready for mating in addition to outside the Fox group to increase nutrition, breeding and management of this work should also be strengthened.
1, increase light illumination is one of the indispensable for animal reproduction. To promote Fox sex organs of normal growth; to Fox in the morning sun at all, accept the light.
Practice has proved that lighting conducive to sexual organ development in favour of estrus and mating.
2, cold warm ready breeding late-cold climate, especially in the North, has entered the nine periods following the winter solstice day, consume nutrients to reduce Fox against the cold outside, attention must be paid to small room insulation work, the small indoor drying, soft bedding, and felt paper, plastic sheeting and other small rooms blocked pores. Room for individual minor lira Fox urine, you should always check and clean small room, change or supplement the bedding.
3, feed intake and adequate drinking water is prepared later breeding due to the cold temperature gradually, feed on outdoor ice soon, affect the Fox feed intake. Therefore, feeding of feed should be appropriate to raise the temperature, so Fox can eat warm food. In addition, water is indispensable to the Fox-body material, in preparation for mating should guarantee the Fox group water supply, at least 2-3 times a day.
4, strengthen domesticated domesticated, including through food and tantalize, Fox is not afraid of people, good for the breed. Especially sound and domestication.
5, Fox body condition of balance Fox body condition with estrous, closely related to breeding, farrowing, body is too fat or too thin, are not conducive to breeding. Therefore, of the Fox should be paid attention in preparation for breeding conditions of nutritional balance, giving Fox a standards body condition. In the actual work of production, identification Fox body condition primarily dominated by troubled eyes, hands, and weighing information for. Its body condition can be divided into obesity, or too small, relatively thin as 1, 2, 3.
Body condition of obesity: are Mao Pingshun smooth slim, flat, thick belly slowly, and don't love activities. Spine and ribs could not touch with your hands, even ditch of spine, body fat is very developed. Public Fox if obesity, lower libido; if too many fat mother Fox, whose ovaries were entrapped by too much fat, affect the normal development of eggs. For testing had found that fat Fox, through increased physical activity or to feed less and reduce small room bedding in method to reduce fertilizer; if the whole group is too fat, diet composition can be changed to reduce h purpose Fang content in diets, and reduce the total diet.
Body condition is moderate: Mao Pingshun light body well proportioned, flexible muscle fullness, abdominal circle. When you touch the back and ribs, is not out of hand and touched the spine and ribs. General requirements for public Fox body condition remain at above the average weight in 6.5-7.0kg; Fox body condition should remain a medium level, weight 5.5-6.0kg.
A lean body condition: body coat is rough, unkempt and Matt, muscle fullness lack flexibility. Touch the back and ribs are outstanding out of hand. A lean body condition of Fox, sperm and egg development are poor season delayed, which can lead to high mismatch rate. For a lean body condition of Fox, to raise nutrition, in order to enter the optimal body condition when mating.
In addition, prior to mating and during mating, should raise public Fox Fox in particular physical activity and increasing cold stimulus, promote metabolism, enhance vitality, improve sex drive.
6, do the work of getting ready for a breeding silver black Fox in mid-January, Arctic foxes in mid-February, before breeding should be careful to do all the preparatory work, repaired disinfection of cage with a blowtorch. Preparation of the breeding plan and programme, ready appliances such as catching the beast clamping or catching his mating nets, gloves, breeding records, medicine, and technology training.
After the above work place, feed and management work together, on the official schedule of feeding and management transferred to the mating. Before breeding, kinds of Fox, Fox organ 0.1% potassium permanganate washed once to prevent mating bacteria cause endometritis. Ready late breeding, should pay attention to the mother Fox is responsible for appraisal work, produced by Fox season there is a advance year by year trend. You want to make a record, be aware, to make estrus Fox timely mating